Chapter 357: Chapter 357: Kill Xu Qianqian or find Qin Yaotiao?

"Speaking of that Qin Yaotiao, the fairy-like female cultivator!"

Mo Buwen said sheepishly. He had intended to speak about the Heavenly Pill Pavilion, but ended up being led by Lu Chen onto the topic of female cultivators.

"I hear she’s quite beautiful?"

Lu Chen appeared quite interested.

"Definitely beautiful," Mo Dawu touched his nose and said, "Otherwise, why would the four powers of the Hehuan Sect place that bet?"

Lu Chen’s heart tensed as he asked, "Do you know what the bet is about?"

"We’re not sure about that," Mo Erwu said. "However, it won’t be revealed until the day after tomorrow, and we won’t have the chance to find out."

Lu Chen knew they were talking about tomorrow’s recruiting of odd-job workers by the Heavenly Pill Pavilion; it seemed he also needed to alter his plans a bit.

If he killed Xu Qianqian, it would surely cause an upheaval in the city. Would it alarm the four Core Formation Stage experts?

Lu Chen decided that he needed to strategize carefully, and he no longer felt like continuing to drink.

So, picking up the newly served fine wine, he personally filled the cups of the three Mo brothers before saying, "The previous wine was too low-quality, it made Lu someone feel a bit uncomfortable. Lu Chen will go rest for a while, you all enjoy your food and drinks!"

With that, he stood up, took out a Yuan Stone and placed it on the table, and headed straight for the second floor.

It wasn’t until the creaking of the stairs had faded that Mo Buwen and his two companions exchanged glances.

"Although he’s a Martial Artist in the Visceral Refinement Realm, he’s so young, yet I feel like we can’t fool him," Mo Buwen said with a worried frown.

"Perhaps, he also comes from some great family, well-informed and experience. Otherwise, how could he be so young yet so mature and tactful in his speech?" Mo Dawu said.

They hadn’t completely believed Lu Chen!

"In my opinion, we should play it by ear... The Heavenly Pill Pavilion is only hiring for odd jobs. What we’re afraid of is that he might learn some information while with us and turn against us on the spot, which would be troublesome," Mo Erwu said helplessly.

"If it comes to it, shall we just tell him the truth?"

After thinking for a bit, Mo Buwen spoke up.

"This young man is arrogant and proud; he probably doesn’t want to be an odd-job worker. He’s so young and has plenty of time to prove himself through martial arts and eventually join some sects! Even being an outer sect disciple is much better than being an odd-job worker. Let me think some more!"

Mo Buwen sighed, facing the fine wine provided by Lu Chen without much appetite, sipping it slowly while his thoughts drifted.

Having returned to his room, Lu Chen immediately lay on his bed and pretended to sleep.

To kill Xu Qianqian or to find Qin Yaotiao.

These two matters had again become a conflict; he could only choose one!

Without a doubt, he would definitely choose Qin Yaotiao!

Only, compared to Xu Qianqian, whose location he knew, he had no idea where Qin Yaotiao was!

But one thing was certain: Xu Qianqian must know where Qin Yaotiao was!

When he saw her in the imperial palace, although she did not have the title of a prince’s consort, she already had the reality of one!

Perhaps...

"Do I have to negotiate with the tiger for its skin, just like I did with Xu Yueru before?"

Lu Chen remembered back when he was in Yuzhou City; if Qin Yaotiao hadn’t taken a knife for him, he might have died at the hands of Xu Yueru!

"No, it won’t work. The women of the Xu Family are cunning and sly, and I fear I’m not a match for them in playing mind games. Moreover, she definitely knows that I’m the one who killed Chen Gaoshang! Just for that alone, if she turns on me, I would surely die! But how... how to gather news about Yaotiao?"

Lu Chen pondered hard but couldn’t find a solution.

Grinding his teeth, he made a decision!

"To use force to fight force! Let’s see if I can leverage the people the Heavenly Pill Pavilion is hiring for odd jobs to get an opportunity. If that doesn’t work, tomorrow night, I will have to take action!"

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